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General Electric’s research-focused arm is expected to secure $6.4 million in funding from a Department of Energy unit to work on a nuclear fuel reprocessing advancement initiative. The company said Wednesday its researchers will collaborate with GE Hitachi Nuclear, Sandia National Laboratories, Orano and Lumitron Technologies to develop the Monochromatic Assays Yielding Enhanced Reliability technology. The […] More
Rocket Lab will develop and produce an L-band radio for the InCommand telemetry, command and control service of Inmarsat’s U.S. government arm in support of a NASA project that seeks to advance the development of commercial near-Earth satellite communications services. Rocket Lab said Thursday it will link its Frontier-L radio to Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band network […] More
Idemia‘s North American business has secured an award from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to extend the deployment of its Livescan fingerprint scanning technology to assist in conducting identity verification and criminal background checks. Under the potential five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Idemia’s existing Livescan technology will be updated, which includes an option to use document […] More
Northrop Grumman has showcased at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence 2022 a range of systems designed to deliver multidomain detection, tracking and engagement capabilities to the U.S. military. The company said Thursday it conducted three experiments to demonstrate the integration of network-connected air defense systems into multi-service operations in support of the Department of Defense’s […] More
Eight start-ups have completed the third cohort of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-backed accelerator program aimed at advancing the development of geospatial technology. As part of the initiative, the participants secured a $100,000 non-dilutive grant, obtained access to NGA’s office in St. Louis and received mentoring from subject matter experts, NGA partner Missouri Technology Corp. said […] More
Bell Textron has rounded off the delivery of AH-1Z Viper aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing a program of record for the latest version of the H-1 twin-engine helicopters. The service branch received a total of 349 units of the AH-1Z as well as the UH-1Y Venom, whose order was fulfilled in 2018, parent […] More
Michael McCord, comptroller of the Department of Defense; John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI; Byron Bright, president of government solutions at KBR; and Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, are some of the government and industry leaders set to participate in Baird‘s Government & […] More
Jeremy Banik, deputy director of the commercial systems program office at the National Reconnaissance Office, said NRO is close to completing a solicitation to procure commercial hyperspectral satellite data and expects to issue the request for proposals before the end of 2022, Via Satellite reported Thursday. “I’m looking forward to exploring [hyperspectral], this emerging phenomenology […] More
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California has licensed a rocket-launching concept to Fenix Space and is in discussions with another company that wants to further develop the new technology for deploying satellites into orbit. The Towed-Glider Air Launch System seeks to employ a private jet that would pull an unmanned sailplane carrying a launch […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking comments from potential industry partners looking to work on a cooperative research and development agreement for an artificial intelligence-powered system to augment search and rescue planning operations. Under the study, researchers will detect and characterize targets for search from video output taken from various sensors to help them develop mechanisms to […] More
Lumen Technologies joined other companies and organizations in signing the White House Infrastructure Talent Challenge and made pledges to build up the workforce through investments in workforce development and training programs. Lumen said Wednesday it will invest more than $80 million each year to hire nearly 1,000 employees to support the expansion of its fiber […] More
Professional services firm DCS Corp. and Hawaiian consulting and engineering company Makai have created a joint venture program called Pele Solutions under the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege program. DCS said Wednesday it will assist Makai in enhancing capabilities in software development, systems engineering and technology integration to advance the latter’s role in the national security sector through the […] More
